Improved medical compound



UN TED ST TES] PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN WEAVER, on nien'rs'rown,"'inniA A,

IMPROVED MEDICAL COMPOUND. i

Specification forming part of Letters Patent-1N0. 4|,ll] dated January5,1864.

To all Qrhomit may comm. I

Be'it known that I, JOHN WEAVER, of

.Knightstown, in the county'of Henry and v State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and Improved Medical Compound for the Cure of;

Diarrhea; and I do hereby-declare the following to be a full and exactdescription of the same. p

The object of this inventiomis to produce a speedy and efi'ectual remedy,for the disease commonly .known as diarrhea'fl from the attacks ofwhich-soldiers in camp are great andf In order that my invention maybefullyun derstood, I will proceed to describe the'manner of compoundingand using'th'e same.

.I mix together-the followin g indgredients, inabouttheproportionsgiven,andallowthewhole to stand eight days, orthereabout: brandy, one

' quart; colnmbo, (p'owdered,) eighteen ounces; I HydrastisGamademn's,nineounces;-- cascarilla hart-r, (powdered,) eight ounces;..Magnoliu glauca, eight ounces; This preparation having stoodfor eightdays isre'adyforuse.

The brandy shoulube or superior quality, andis employed as the base andstimulus. The columbo is used as a mild tonic, not pos-- sessing anystimulating properties, but y ery' acceptable and soothing to thestomachfw-hen the latter and the alimentary canal are'ifnian' enfeebledcondition. The H ydrastis Oana'densis is also'a'mild' tonic, and actsupon the mucous membrane of the alimentary canalg'giving tone andarresting irritation, and also promoting digestion. The cascarilla barkconstitutes anaromatic spice, and, is also a :tonicfgiving warmth andtone to'the stomach, and thereby rendering it' more susceptible to anyother remedies. The Magnolia. glmwa, is an aromatic tonic anddiaphoretimandvwillarrest thefpar- 'oxysmal tendency of this disease.

Having thus fully described 'my invention, the following is what I claimas new therein and desire togsecure by Letters Patent:

[A compound of theingredients andin the proportions substantially asspecified, as a specific for the cure of chronic camp diarrhea,

' The above specification of, my improved medicine for the cure ofchronic diarrhea sign edthis the 17th day of November, 1863.

; JOHN, WEAVER-LI:

' Witnesses: t J.'LEE EURGUsoN, M.. B. HARRIS.

